Google Ears is a sound search, music listening and tagging service that built into recent announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. It can identify a song that is playing and allows user to purchase the track from Google Play store (purchase music track is not available for Malaysia). This also means Google Ears is a direct compete to existing applications such as Shazam and SoundHound.

Installation is easy, just download .apk from one of the link above. Install it and go to Home Screen Widget page on your phone, search for “Sound Search” and place it under Home Screen. Then, you are ready to test it by playing a song, tap on button, Google Ears will identify and display the result.